It has been confirmed that the American principal violist of the Chilean Chamber Orchestra has died following an accident in Valparaiso in which the orchestra bus took a wrong turn. Four other ...

Here’s what we’re hearing from members of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa: The musicians have voted unanimously (100%) in favour of strike action. On Monday, the Managing Director, Nelson ...

An opera diector in Latvia, Mstislav Pentkowsky, has produced two editions, English and Hebrew, of the children’s picture book BRUNDIBAR by Hannelore Brenner as a mark of solidarity with the victims ...

The Korean pianist Minsoo Sohn is best known as the teacher of the unique Yunchan Lim. This week his recording of the first volume of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier is out in the stores. Minsoo is 50.

The London-based pianist who has not performed ...

The Corum centre in Montpellier has been shut indefinitely after heavy rains penetrated the roof, causing some ceilings to collapse. The 2,000-seat hall is closed by municipal order until further ...

The death is being mourned of the soprano Janice Dixon, a long-standing performer of major roles in leading German opera houses. A New Yorker by birth, hr roles included Tosca, Marschallin, Senta, ...

The things Michael Tilson Thomas called his ...

The article has nothing to do with classical music, or the arts – except this section: You must have heard the chants: Israel ...

A 25 year-old from China, Feifan Jiang, has been pronounced winner of the first Guido Cantelli conducting competition in Novara, Italy. He not only took the €12,000 first prize but made a clean sweep ...

The last stragglers of the classic record industry gathered last night to acclaim their house magazine’s annual awards. Esoteric doesn’t begin to describe the selection. The record of the year is the ...

It has been announced that Esa-Pekka Salonen will provide ‘mentorship, professional experience and artistic development opportunities’ to young conductors at his positions in Paris and Los Angeles.